CANARIES IN A FREE-SPEECH MINESHAFTJan 31, 2005 - FreeMarketNews.comby Craig McCarthyOn October 10, 2004, an organization called PhillyPride held its annual Outfest event in Philadelphia. PhillyPride.org bills the event as “the largest coming out day celebration in the world.” Attendance of Outfest participants last year is estimated at between 25,000 and 32,000 people. Among them on October 10 were eleven people who came, in their words, “out of love” for the gay attendants, and with the goal of engaging in street corner preaching and evangelism. Shortly after arriving, the eleven were confronted by counter-demonstrators called The Pink Angels equipped with...
